Brighton Polytechnic Promo 2
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Brighton Polytechnic Promo 2
The advantages Brighton Polytechnic has to offer are on display in this short promotional programme
This promotional programme from 1986 shows the benefits of choosing Brighton Polytechnic as a place to live and study. Through a number of sequences and interviews with students, tutors and employers, the programme presents a picture of Brighton Polytechnic as an institution that is very much geared to the future careers of its students. Though it begins with students lauding the vibrant atmosphere, pleasant environment and range of facilities available, the latter section of the programme emphasises the role that the Polytechnic plays in preparing its students for the world of work. After an extensive series of vignettes showing humanities and science students at work in classrooms, laboratories, lecture theatres and on work placements, we also see outside companies, like Eurotherm and British Rail, comment on their involvement in graduate career prospects and development. The films also shows foreign students attending courses, whether full-time like those from Malaysia, with whom the Polytechnic had close ties, or exchange students who attend for a limited period. The programme also features a mature student who praises the institution as being one of the best places in the UK to study and practice book-binding.
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How We Learned
From classroom to lecture hall to living room: a look at the many ways TV and video shaped our learning experiences over the years.
For most of us, the screen has been as much a part of our education as the blackboard or whiteboard. Early 20th century educators quickly saw that moving images could be a valuable teaching aid, and by the 1920s and 30s a thriving industry was delivering thousands of films for classroom use. By the 1960s, the small screen had largely taken over, and schoolkids would thrill at the sight of the teacher wheeling out a television set.
In the meantime, education was transforming, too, with grammar schools, secondary moderns and technical schools giving way to comprehensives, which in turn made room for academies and faith schools. Higher education swelled with new universities and polytechnics, while the Open University, launched in 1969, used video and television to reach students in their homes. Through television, informal learning has also helped those who missed out on traditional schooling, or who just want to expand their minds. Whether we spoke our first words along with onscreen puppets, studied along with Open University broadcasts or followed educational debates in current affairs programmes, television and video have always had a lot to teach us.
22 videos in this collection
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Make It Count [22/01/78]
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Elton Well Dressing
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Bill Has Trouble with the Magic Box
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Don't Ask Me [10/08/77]
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School
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School Leaver
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Chalkface [04/07/82]
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Adult Basic Skills: Entrance
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Think Tank [18/08/81]
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A New Choice of School
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Children Talking 1 Assessing Spoken Language at Eleven
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Teaching Science: Object Lessons
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Able Children
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Brighton Polytechnic Promo 2
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Painting by Numbers
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Multi-cultural Education
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One Week in July
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Introduction to Computers
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Christmas Special
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Dulwich College and Village
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